The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-10-05

of your city's life, which Just at this time
are unusually displayed, and which estsb.
lish the fact that the people of st. Louis,
with all their business engagements and
with all their toll and stirring trade, are
not averse to pleasure and enjoyment. |
hope that you will find your visitors to be
interested sightseers; and of one thing you
may be assured: However much you may
impress Us with the greatness of your city,
we are certain to have our hearts nlled
with grateful appreciation of the kind
ness and hospitality OF your people.
Three or four times during the delivery
of the Presidents remarks, at every pause
in fact, some voice proposed three cheers
for Grover Cleveland, and the lungs OF the
multitude responded. The band greeted
the close of his remarks with National
air and the Presidential party filed out the
entrance aisle that had been kept open by
the police. The streets were jammed with
people, and it was with difficulty that Mr..
Cleveland was gotten into his carriage
Once there, and the citizens pressed to his
side and extended their hands in vain. II
will greet you all later" said the Presi-
deut, "but not here"
From the Exchange the President and
his companions we're escorted in their car
riages through the principal streets of the
clty, the Iloe lasting ABOUT ID nour:
Everywhere along the route masses of
people awaited and greeted the
guest of the day. The police ar
rangement were excellent and there was
no disorder, the crowds manifesting their
enth usiasm in cheers and noise, and re-
framing from crowding about, or follow
ing the carriages. The most CONSPICUOUS
feature Of the decoration was the arrange
ments of gas lets each lamp aud awning
post bearing branching tree OF piping.
while at street corners great arches we're
thrown across from curb to cnrb. These
bore million colored globes the effect of
which even in the day light was striking.
The cortege reached the Lindell hotel at
O'clock, where rooms including a series
of large parlors had been secured for the
President.
RECEPTION AT TUE LINDELL.
An hour was given for lunch and rest,
at 3 O'Clock, Mrs. Cleveland having Joined
her husband, the doors of tine reception
parlors were thrown open and the public
were admitted to shake the hands OF the
President and his wife.
The reception began promptly at 3
o'clock and continued until 6. a crowd of
several hundred ladies and gentlemen were
already in waiting in the upper lobby of
the hotel when the doors were opened, aud
ss the orchestra struck up q march the
people moved in rapidly and made their
exit by another door.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland re-
ceived their visitors standing in the middle
| of large parlor uncer a rich chandelier,
Mrs. Cleveland was richly clad in blue
| surah silk, which had q figure of red rose
| buds and green leaves 1t was mediu n
decolleiee, trimmed literally witt lace
| and had full lace sleeves to the elbows.
| Several rows of coral beads adorned her
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tered at Der throat. A score OF the lsadl9g
society ladies' of ST. Louis, beautiful in face
and figure and richly clad, assisted her.
The police arrangements inside the It i
| were excellent, ana the line moved past
| the President freely, but outside a scene
| was to be witnessed, the oddly of which it
/ would be hard to overstate. The street
was narrow, and through its middle ran
| the double tracks OF busy street railway.
An attempt was made to keep the thous-
ands OF waiting visitors in line, six or
| eight abreast, but every half minute this
| was broken by the passage of cars. These
fought their way through, crushing the
masses together on each side and forcing
| thousands out of their places. Behind
each car crowd followed and took the
| abandoned places In the line. The next
car pushed many of those forward toward
the hotel, with the natural result OF crowd
ing an equal number out of line in
front. There was a liberal sprinkling Of
ladies in the mass, and a strong admixture
| OF country men of the pure western type
who had come long distances to see the
President. How they surged and strug-
gled, how they shouldered and scolded-
everything but fought. The stream fl wed
up against the dead wall of humanity
wedged into the doorway, split with pres
sure from behind, and the particles made
their way again into the mass in the rear
with true western persistency. The Presi-
dent received as he always does. He has
become very expert in the discharge OF his
part of the work, and manages to greatly
facilitate the passage of the line, inspired
coveted opportunity to as great number
as possible. If he ever gets fatigusd his
appearance fails to give evi.
dence of the fact. Submitting
as be does good naturally to the
familiar and often boisterous salutatious
of many who approach him, he takes the
liberty, sometimes, to give loiterer with
q grasp OF his hand sturdy pull in the di
rection he ought to move, and often with
half dozen words manages to answer in
kind the greetings of as many callers
Mrs. Cleveland stood to-day to the left and
a little in the rear of her husband, and
during the greater part of the three hoU re-
reception, acknowledged the greetings oil
her visitors with smile aud a bow, bat
without taking their hands. When th'
doors were closed the crowd of disappoiut
ed ones in waiting numbered many thous
that nine thousand persons took the
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